Examining the Ethical Attitudes of Nurses Working in a University Hospital

April 17, 2025 updated by: Zeynal KİZİR, Hasan Kalyoncu University

This study aims to examine the ethical attitudes of nurses working in a university hospital.

The study includes nurses from departments such as internal medicine, surgery, intensive care, and emergency services.

A standardized data collection tool was used, and the study was conducted with volunteer participants.

This is a descriptive and cross-sectional observational study.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the ethical attitudes of nurses working in a university hospital setting.

Nurses from various departments, including internal medicine, surgery, intensive care, and emergency services, participated in the study voluntarily.

Data were collected using the Nurse Information Form and the Ethical Attitudes in Nursing Care Scale.

The study aimed to gain insights into nurses' perceptions and behaviors related to ethical principles in clinical practice.

The findings are expected to contribute to the development of ethics training programs for nurses and to improve ethical standards in nursing care.

*No results or conclusions are included in this section, as required by ClinicalTrials.gov.*

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

507

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
    • Centre
      • Gazi̇antep, Centre, Turkey, 27000
        • Hasan Kalyoncu University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The population of the study consisted of a total of 690 nurses working in the internal medicine, surgery, intensive care, and emergency services of the hospital where the study was conducted. Without selecting a sample, nurses who were actively working between the specified dates and volunteered to participate in the study were included in the study. The entire population could not be reached because 50 nurses were on maternity leave and 133 nurses did not want to participate in the study. The study was completed with a total of 507 volunteer nurses, 144 of whom worked in internal medicine, 122 in surgery, 141 in intensive care, and 100 in emergency services.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Nurses who are actively working in the hospital during the study period
  • Nurses who agree to voluntarily participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Nurses who do not want to participate in the study
  • Nurses who withdraw from the study at any stage

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Nurses' Ethical Attitude Scores
Time Frame: Within 1 month from the date of data collection
Total scores are calculated using the Ethical Attitudes in Nursing Care Scale. Score range: 15 (minimum) to 75 (maximum). Higher scores indicate more positive ethical attitudes among nurses.
Within 1 month from the date of data collection

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Hasan Kalyoncu University

Investigators

  • Study Director: NURAN TOSUN, PROF. DR., Hasan Kalyoncu University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 1, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 30, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 27, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 10, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

April 18, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 20, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 17, 2025

Last Verified

April 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • HKU-SBF-KZ-01 (Other Grant/Funding Number: Hasan Kalyoncu University)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

Because I am the Responsible Author and will be following up the work myself.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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